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MEANS FOR HANDLING HAND CARS. No. 367,260. Patented July 26, 1887.

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MEANS FOR. HANDLINGHANDfCARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,260, dated July 26, 1887.

Application filed February 12, 1887. Serial No. 227,374. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: W

Be' it known'that I, SInoLAIR ARoUs, a

subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a hand-car provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a part of a railroad-track with my device in place for use, and Fig. 3 is a side view of one of my skids.

In the use of a hand-car much damage is often don-e to the wheels, axles, &c., in lifting it on or off the track, and when loaded a number of men are required to handle it. To facilitate the lifting and swinging. of the car, a device was recently patented to me, dated January 11, 1887, No. 355,962, and which' I have shown in Fig. 1 herewith, which consists of a vertically-sliding standard, which,

when depressed, lifts the car off the rails, and

auxiliary pieces of the skid are connected by metal strapsa and a bolt or pin, a and are formed with abutting shoulders a at their upper sides, so that while bending freely in one direction they are rigid in the other, so as to lie properly in hangers upon the car, as presently shown. Two of these skids are used.

with each car, and they are each provided with a hinged rod, b, having a hooked end, and also with an eye, I), the hooked rods and eyes being arranged atalternate ends of the two skids, in order that when in place upon thetrack the bar of each skid may be hooked into the eye of the opposite one and form braces to hold them at proper distances, as

in Fig. 2. When not in use, the hooked rods are turned down alongside the skids and engaged with the eyes, as indicated by Fig. 3.

The hand-car is upon each side provided with a pair of hangers or loops, 0, in which the skids are carried when the car is in mo- .tion on the track, a pin, a, being connected to the car-body by a short chain and passed through the skid, as in Fig. 1, to prevent any accidental slipping.

In use the car 'is' moved to the point at which it is desired to leave the track, and is then lifted and'swung around at right angles. The skids are then'drawn out and laid upon the track, as in Fig. 2, and form a good support for the wheels while the car is being pushed off. It will be noted that the joints in the skids lie just over the track-rail and the short end falls till it rests upon the ground, forming an easy incline, down or up which the car is pushed with ease and without jar or fall. The car is replaced upon the track in a similar manner, readily understood, and the skids replaced in their hangers beneath the carbody, where they are out of the way and do not in any way interfere with the load.

In some cases I will provide each skid with a chain, (Z, by which it is attached to the car, and after thelatter is pushedoff the track its forward impulse drags the skids after it,which is often of importance when it is desired to clear the track quickly and there are but few men present. A stop on the skid prevents running the car too far back.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. The skid a, of a length to extend from one track-rail to the other, and provided with the hinged portion a, adapted when in use to ICO neath the car, substantially as and for the puras shown and described, and for the purpose pose set forth. set forth. 1c

2. The combination of the two skids a a, In testimony whereof laffix my signatnrein eaclrprovided with a hooked spacing bracepresence of two witnesses.

5 rod and an eye, substantially as shown and SINCLAIR ARCUS.

described. Witnesses: 3. A hand-car provided with a skid and XV. C. MOARTHUR,

hangers for carrying the same, substantially l \V. S. MOARTHUR. 

